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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to be the Chief Guest at 10th Convocation of IISER TVM
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram , under Ministry of Education is celebrating the graduation of its 10th batch of students on July 30, 2022. 204 BS-MS students, 30 PhD students, and 6 Integrated PhD students are graduating along with six students who receive MS by Research degrees.
The Convocation will be held at the institute campus at Vithura at 3 pm on July 30, 2022. Union Minister for Education and Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan will deliver the Convocation Address. Prof. Arvind A. Natu Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute will preside over the function. IISER TVM Director Shri. Prof. J. N. Moorthy will present the report of activities of the Institute.
In keeping with paradigm changes in the higher education and to prepare young minds for the challenges of tomorrow in a proactive manner, IISER TVM launched five new topical undergraduate programs in 2021. These have been uniquely named the ‘integrated and interdisciplinary sciences ’ under its flagship BS-MS program. The i2-Biological Sciences, i2-Chemical Sciences, i2- Mathematical Science and i2-Physical sciences programs build upon the strengths of the Institute in basic sciences and aim to impart training to the students with a distinct flair of applied aspects of modern science cutting across the traditional borders between various subjects. The i2-Data Sciences program integrates the new and fast-expanding field of data science with the methods and techniques of the basic sciences. In the same year, the Institute also launched 2-Year Master of Science programs in basic sciences. IISER TVM is the first to have launched the 2-year M.Sc. programs that align with the mandate of the National Education Policy-2020. The programs on the anvil are meant to provide a modern research-integrated education to the bachelor’s degree holders with a resolute commitment to pursue careers in science. These programs are also envisaged to produce a rich pool of competent and skilled graduates necessary for pursuing research in complex, arduous and challenging scientific problems of contemporary interest. To further its objective to provide high-quality education in modern science, integrating it with outstanding research, IISER TVM has established the Centre for Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement . The centre aims to facilitate and promote excellence and innovation in advanced materials research through an interdisciplinary approach with international engagement. In response to the demands of the digital age, the Institute has established a core facility for scientific computing, named the Centre for High-Performance Computing, CHPC. The centre supports research in diverse areas ranging from computational materials science and astrophysics to high-performance computing for computational biology.
The alumni of IISER TVM have begun to take up faculty positions in institutes of national importance such as the Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institutes of Technology, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, National Institutes of Technology, and several Universities.
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